Milwaukee native Andrew Marcus, whose documentary "Hating Breitbart" played in theaters last year, will debate the founding organizer of ACORN, the group Andrew Breitbart famously took on.

The debate with Wade Rathke - scheduled to air and stream online on Rathke's radio show on KABF-FM in Little Rock, Ark., where ACORN was founded - is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 17, according to a release from the movie's publicist. That same day, "Hating Breitbart" is scheduled to get a return trip to theaters (although as of Tuesday, none of those theaters is in Wisconsin) before coming out on DVD May 21. | May 7, 2013»Read Full Article

Lauren Conrad, star of the reality TV series "The Hills," has put her small-screen experience to work in a number of novels for teen readers. Her "L.A. Candy" series featured Jane Roberts, a young woman much like herself.

In contrast, her "Fame Game" novels star Madison Parker, a reality-show diva whom Conrad said is "kind of the anti-me," more in tune with the notion that any publicity is good publicity. | June 10, 2013»Read Full Article

In an effort to celebrate the diversity of Latin American cultures represented in Milwaukee, local businesses and community groups are teaming up to throw the first-ever carnaval, scheduled for July 22 through 27. After five days of festivities — including mask-making for children and tequila tasting for adults — the carnaval will conclude with a parade featuring floats, live music and enormous multicolored puppets. | June 10, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

Marcus Corp. still wants to develop a downtown Milwaukee cinema, but the project also would include three restaurants and a smaller office tower than originally proposed, under a preliminary plan unveiled Monday.

The project would be on 2.6 acres, overlooking the Milwaukee River, west of N. Water St., between E. Knapp and E. Cherry streets. It's proposed by Rainier Properties, led by Bruce Westling and Gary Grunau, and would include a small county-owned parcel in the Park East strip. | June 10, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(34)

Natalia Radicevich, owner of Old Town Serbian Gourmet Restaurant, 522 W. Lincoln Ave., is seeking a $153,000 loan from a quasi-public lending agency to use to purchase and remodel the restaurant building.

Radicevich made her loan application to the Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit that operates a revolving loan fund for area businesses, according to minutes for the June 11 meeting of the group's loan and finance committee. | June 10, 2013»Read Full Article(5)

A city inspector in April ordered Holler House owner Marcy Skowronski to take the bras down, saying they were a fire hazard. Skowronski and some of her friends started the tradition 45 years ago, when they had a few drinks and threw their bras onto skis hanging from the ceiling. | June 10, 2013»Read Full Article(11)